Roll-paper holder and cutter



(No Model.)

W. G. HAAS.

ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 449,158. Patented Mar. 31, 1891..

UNITED STATES WALTER e. nAAs,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF DAYTON, OHIO.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,158, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed July 18, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER G. HAAs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use f ul Improvements in Paper-Roll Holders and Gutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper-roll holders and cutters, the features of which will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention are twofoldthat of lessening the friction in the space between the knife and the guide and holding the end of the paper in convenient position to be grasped. These objects I attain by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an end view of the device. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the guide and knife on line :0, Fig. 2. Fig. A is a front view of the guide and knife. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a variable construction of the guide and knife in their relation to the frame.

Similar letters and numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A A are cast-iron standards having forwardly-projecting arms for the support of the guide and knife, and bearings E at the center of said standards to support the cylinder D, on which a roll of paper is held. The board B forms the top of the frame and O the bottom, both of which are firmly bolted to the flanges of the standards.

The circular dotted line IIs'hows the outline of a roll of paper and the forward extension thereof shows the relation of the end of the roll to the guide and the knife. In the arms A of the standards are round orifices to receive the ends of the cylindrical guide G and the pivots of the knife F. The relation of these parts is shown by dotted lines at Fig. 1.

The knife is of the form shown in Fig. 3, the cutting-edge corresponding to the outward curve of the pivots, and the arresting lugs 1 are contiguous to these pivots. These Serial No. 359,196. (No model.)

lugs engage the top of the guide, and thereby hold the pivotal'knife in a horizontal position. The rear angle of the knife bends the paper down in a nearly vertical position, where it may be conveniently grasped. At Fig. 5 the parts that hold the end of the pa per are shown in a slightly-varied form from that shown in the other figures.

G is the guide, semicircular in cross-section, and is held to the arms by screws passing through said guides and engaging lugs 4 on the inside of said arms.

F is the cutting-blade, its cutting-point being a little back of the center of its pivots. The rear end is rounded and rests on the lug 2 of the arm. This lug can be dispensed with, and the rear edge of the knife rests against the guide. In both forms the paper passes from the roll over the guide between the same and the knife, and as the paper is drawn from the roll the rear of the knife is raised upward, thereby straightening the line of the paper and producing less friction than if bent abruptly at the rear of the knife, as is the case before tension is given to the paper. When the tension ceases, the rear of the knife drops onto the lug and is there held in a horizontal position, and thereby the end of the paper is carried into a vertical position, as shown by dotted lines at Fig. 1. This action places the paper in a favorable position to be grasped by the fingers. The operation of detaching a sheet is thus: Catch the end of the paper beneath the knife, draw it out a sufficient distance, and effect the separation by carrying the paper up against the edge of the knife.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y In a paper-roll holder and cutter, the combination of the standards A A with arms A A, provided with orifices in their ends, the guide G, and knife F, with pivots on a line with the cutting-edge, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VALTER G. IIAAS.

Witnesses:

B. PIOKERING, B. F. HERSHEY. 

